Halloween 2011

Pumpkin Carving with neighbors and friends.  I did all the hard work of scooping out the guts, while Adam made the faces.  I wasn't feeling very creative this year : (

Owen and Tyler

Owen's preschool Halloween party!

The girls at Owen's preschool LOVE Emily!  They see her and scream, "Baby!" and play with her as if she was a live doll.  It's pretty funny!  Emily isn't so sure of it, but she doesn't seem to mind the attention.  She is just as interested in the older girls as they are in her : )

Owen's creepy painted spider.

Our farmer and his little cow taking a break from the farm.

All our carved spooky pumpkins

Tom, wearing his daughters Halloween costumes when they decided to take it off!  Who says real men don't wear tutus? ; )

Boo at the Zoo.  Owen and Keira.

This year seemed to be the longest Halloween season ever.  It was a lot of fun and Owen got to dress up a lot, which was fun for him.  On Halloween night we went out with friends and neighbors and took the kids trick or treating in our neighborhood.  We were the only ones out there, so people we're dumping their candy on us.  Emily didn't quite know what candy was, but she was happy to be a part of it all and followed all the older kids up to the door to get whatever it was that people wanted to give her!  I think she ended up with more candy than Owen!  She was a trooper and carried her bucket the whole time! This year was great, I am sure next year will be even more fun! 

Photography Class

As you know, photography is a hobby/ passion of mine that I can't get enough of.  My friend and fellow blogging Mommy, Marina, told me about an online photography class that she was planning to take through Willette Design.  I signed up for this three week course and learned a lot about Photoshop and using my camera to it's (almost) full potential. 
The first week was about getting the family portrait. We got all dressed up in a nice color scheme for fall and headed to the Douglas Preserve with my tripod, wireless remote for the shutter and camera. It was utter chaos. The remote wouldn't work if it wasn't close enough to the camera, we kept finding ourselves cut out of the frame, the kids were running around like crazy and Adam kept sighing and rolling his eyes. Not exactly what I had envisioned before we left the house. To make matters worse, it was HOT out and we were dressed for an east coast crisp fall day. Oh how I miss the change of seasons in NY! So, this is what we got despite it all.

Here's where it starts to go haywire....

This one just cracks me up every time. I have no idea what happened here!